Epitaxy of m-plane ZnO on (112) LaAlO(3) substrate

Abstract

Heteroepitaxial growth of non-polar in-plane (10 (1) over bar0) ZnO has been demonstrated on (112) LaAlO(3) single crystal substrates using the pulsed laser deposition method. X-ray diffraction, reflection high energy electron diffraction, and cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy with selected-area diffraction, have been used to characterize the structural properties of deposited ZnO films. The epitaxial relationship between ZnO and LAO is shown to be (10 (1) over bar0)(ZnO) parallel to (112)(LAO), (11 (2) over bar0)(ZnO) parallel to ((1) over bar(1) over bar1)(LAO), and [0001](ZnO) parallel to [(1) over bar 10](LAO). (C) 2009 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim